I have been fishing this fly in sizes 8 and 6. This version is tied on a size 10. I cut these disks with a 6.5mm TCU cartridge case (.263). A 1/4 inch disk will work, the 6.5mm gives me just a little more disk area after they are tied in. I bevel/sharpen the inside of my cartridge case mouth with a camfering tool (a reloaders tool). Then just a few lite taps with a hammer and you get a perfect disk. So here goes.............

01. Put down a thread base and tie in a Marabou tail



02. Tie in some flash and then built a small hump of thread where you tied in the marabou.



03. Cut your disk from 2mm foam (cartridge case/ tubing etc.)



04. Tie in the first disk as shown



05. Tie in the remaining disk (4 or 5 depending on the length of your hook)



06. Place two strands of rubber legs between the first and second disk ( add a drop of foam safe CA glue)



07. Whip finish over a thread built up nose



08. Place a drop or two of CA glue on underside of fly (hook/thread-base and into disk "very lightly")/ seperate legs



09. Set up to dry



On the last one I put one strand of legs between the 1-2 and 2-3 disk to better seperate the legs, this may be better but I will need to fish it first to see if it works as well as two strands put together.



My last time out to the lake the gills (sunfish) were killing my size 8. I missed a lot more than I caught because of the size of the fly and hook size. The larger versions of this fly are a great Bass fly, I believe the size 10 will be a "killer" Gill fly.
Good luck everyone, anyone wanting more info or has a question....just send me a message and I will anwser as soon as I can..................(This size will be easier to throw with a 2 or 3wt than the size eight) ......Don in SC

Those are beautiful

I think 30/30 might work or if you need something smaller I went to a local hobby store and bought some copper tubing and a countersink to to shapen the the inside.

Thanks Marion, please post pictures of the fish you catch with them...........Don in SC

I'm not clear on how to "tie in" the discs.
Do you punch a hole and slip them on over the hook eye tying a bump of thread between them?

I believe all you need to do is bend them over the hook shank & wrap 2 or 3 times should do it:)

Build up a little hump of thread at the front of the tail, then just lay the disk on top of the hook (with the back end of the disk laying on the thread hump), then tie the disk in over the front edge of the disk. It doesn't take a lot of the disk to tie it in, just be sure you use enough so it is not easy for the disk to tear-out. Then overlap the next disk, as shown in the step X step, and tie each one in until you have enough for good floatation. With a little practice it is not hard to do at all. Be sure each disk is tied 90 degrees to the hook bend so the fly will float level in the water............On a good day, I will catch several Bass while I am fishing for BG with the little sneaky-duck........... Good luck everyone................Don in SC

Ordered a punch set so I can tie a few.

Thanks for the clarification of how to tie in the discs!

That's ".223 cartridge".

When I tied my size 10s I used a 1/4" plug cutter for wood working, 3/8" for the size 6s and I have a 1/2" for 4s and 2s if I want to bust out the bigger rods.